West Virginia
Contact Information
- Section Name:
- West Virginia
- Contact:
- Dan Ringer K8WV
- Daytime Phone:
- 304-292-1999
- Evening Phone:
- 304-292-1999
- Email:
- k8wv@arrl.org
Basic Information
- Division:
- Roanoke
- Description:
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SECTION MANAGER REPORT January 31, 2023 Dan Ringer, K8WV West Virginia Section Manager ** DID YOU KNOW? The Volunteers On The Air (VOTA) activity began January 1 and is going full blast! The W1AW/8 VOTA operation for the West Virginia Section has been rescheduled! Information for the on-air activity, and the W1AW/x operation for each Section can be found at https://www.arrl.org/volunteers-on-the-air. West Virginia’s W1AW/8 operation will occur during 2 weeks. The first will be from June 14 through 20 including the 2023 West Virginia QSO Party weekend and ending on West Virginia Day. The second operation will be November 1 through 7. These will be a great opportunities to shine a light on West Virginia and West Virginia Amateur Radio! Assistant Section Manager Mark Kraham, W8CMK, has agreed to serve as our VOTA Coordinator. He be scheduling individuals and groups to operate as W1AW/8 throughout our W1AW/8 weeks. If you would like to be the West Virginia focus of our VOTA weeks, email Mark at W8CMK@arrl.net, with your choice of dates and times, and any questions. Scheduling can be very flexible. This will be A LOT of fun! ** UPCOMING WEST VIRGINIA HAMFESTS & CONVENTIONS 03/18/2023 - Charleston Area Hamfest NEW Location: Beni Kedem Temple, 100 Quarrier St., Charleston, WV Type: ARRL Hamfest and State Convention Sponsor: Charleston Area Hamfest & Computer Show, Inc Website: http://w8gk.org 05/07/2023 - JCARC Hamfest 2023 Location: Ripley Middle School, Ripley, WV Type: ARRL Hamfest Sponsor: Jackson County Amateur Radio Club Website: http://www.jcarc.net If your group is planning a Hamfest, flea market or any similar activity, be sure to list it with the ARRL so that everyone interested can learn or it and participate. http://www.arrl.org/hamfest-convention-application ** AUXCOM TRAINING OPPORTUNITY The SIEC will be offering 2 (a third awaiting approval) WV AUXCOMM classes: Ripley, WV Saturday March 11 - Sunday March 12, 2023 Beckley, WV Saturday March 25 - Sunday March 26, 2023 Berkley Springs, WV Saturday April 22 - Sunday April 23, 2023 The WV AUXCXOMM Course will assist amateurs / groups interested in emergency communications understand the communication roles that are needed in today's expanding / collapsing ICS environments. Amateur radio operators receiving this training will see how they can better assist Emergency Communication Managers in ICS environments throughout the State of West Virginia. Prerequisites Required https://training.fema.gov/is/crslist.aspx?all=true (Free): 1. IS-100, Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS), ICS-100, (or any a,b,c version); 2. IS-200, Incident Command System (ICS) for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents, (or any a,b version); 3. IS-700, National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction, (or any a,b version); 4. IS-800, National Response Framework (NRF), An Introduction, (or any a,b,c version) ; 5. Amateur Radio FCC license (Technician Class or greater) ; 6. Interest in auxiliary emergency communications (A.R.E.S. or other Emergency Services Group); and 7. A desire to learn how to work with COMLs in a NIMS/ICS environment. Students will attend two 9-10 hour days (18-20 hours (8AM-6PMish) on a consecutive Saturday and Sunday. What you need to do in order to set up a WV AUXCOMM Class. 1. Insure the standard class size of 10-30 students (minimum 10 students) is met, 2. Each student in your group has met the prerequisites, 3. Students will be required to send completed perquisites (soft copy certificates ICS 700,800,100, and 200 and amateur radio license copy / call sign), an election of course location (Jackson, Raleigh, Morgan Counies) by email to jmangus@metro911.org by a set date before the class commences. 4. Students will be required to “create a new user” account and registrar / enroll for the AUXCOMM Class on Course Mill 7.1 This is a great opportunity for the West Virginia Amateur Radio Community in support of our Federal, State, and Local First Responder Community and I am looking forward to increasing the names on the WV AUXCOMM list with the Mercer County Group. When you have additional questions, please let me know. 73’s Jim, WB8YST Jim Mangus Kanawha County Metro 911 Communications Coordinator 304-746-8730 (direct) 304-746-7911 (main) 304-767-5911 (cell) 304-746-7914 (fax) jmangus@metro911.org ** NEW WEST VIRGINIA HAMS! As of January 4, 2022 Christopher J Umphrey, KE8WDX, Hedgesville, WV 25427-7165 Ryan F Oquinn, KE8WEQ, Ona, WV 25545-7516 Ian M McKinney, KE8WFV, Scott Depot, WV 25560-7850 Nathan A Thompson, KE8WFQ, Huntington, WV 25701-9774 Lane Bortell, KE8WFT, Vienna, WV 26105-2421 Matthew G Bortell, KE8WFR, Vienna, WV 26105-2421 Anthony W Bennett, KE8WFN, Montrose, WV 26283-9426 Carson K Strother, KE8WGI, Clarksburg, WV 26301-7440 Todd G Christopher, KE8WGJ, Morgantown, WV 26508-8948 Christopher S Hobbs, KE8WDN, Capon Bridge, WV 26711-8904 Congratulations! Welcome to the greatest hobby on Earth!! And congratulations, too, to the VE’s who made these exam sessions possible! CLUB PRESIDENTS: See someone above from your county? Invite them to a club meeting! Get them on the air and involved! (Addresses can be found at http://www.arrl.org/fcc/search) ** HELP WANTED: Unfortunately, WV hams have been seriously restricted in our ability to engage in public service events during the past couple of years, or to do much other than operate. So, it’s more important than ever to let people know what we do to be ready to respond when help is needed! The positions of Public Information Officers and Emergency Coordinators are designed to fill these needs. Please consider volunteering! PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS Each ARRL affiliated club should have a designated Public Information Officer (PIO)! Basically, the PIO is the club public relations officer, and is nominated by their club and appointed by the Section Manager. You can read the official position description at http://www.arrl.org/public-information-officer. EVERY CLUB NEEDS ONE! Contact k8wv@arrl.org. EMERGENCY COORDINATORS We have several openings for Emergency Coordinators. Ideally, we would have one in each county. It is a serious position. You can read about it here: http://www.arrl.org/emergency-coordinator Basic requirements: Technician-class license or higher; full ARRL membership, and achievement of Level 3 qualifications. (Must, within the period of 1 year, from the issuance of this document or appointment as EC, whichever comes later, or such further time period as authorized by the SM, complete all of the requirements for Level 3 qualification.) In addition to the basic requirements it is important that an EC make a good impression when dealing with governmental officials, have excellent speaking and writing skills, work well with others as both a leader and a follower, and make monthly, timely reports to the SEC. Contact n8oyy@arrl.net for more information. ** CLUBS! Are you looking for a club? Contact Spence Graham, WT8WV@arrl.net. He’s the Section Affiliated Club Coordinator (ACC). He’ll hook you up an ARRL Affiliated club or clubs close to you. You can also go to the West Virginia State Amateur Radio Council(WVSARC)website https://www.qsl.net/wvsarc/ and check "Club Contact for new members." It lists some clubs that are not ARRL Affiliated. If there isn’t a club near you, and you’d like to start one, we can help with that. Don’t know how to organize a club? We can help with that, too! Contact K8WV@arrl.org. ** CLUB PROGRAM? If you’re planning your club’s program schedule, and would like to have a WV Section ARRL Official present a program, send a request with the necessary date/time information to K8WV@arrl.org. We’ll get something set up! Want to do it by Zoom? We can schedule that for you! ** SECTION CABINET No one person can coordinate all the activities involved with the West Virginia Section. Here are the volunteers who make it happen, with the assistance of many others. Section Manager Dan Ringer. K8WV Affiliated Club Coordinator (ACC) Spencer Graham, WT8WV Assistant Section Manager (ASM) Mark Charles Kraham, W8CMK Michael E. Maxson, W8SI Public Information Coordinator (PIC) Cory Sickles, WA3UVV Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC) Ed Messenger, N8OYY State Government Liaison (SGL) Nathan Burdette, WV8NAB Section Traffic Manager (STM) Kenneth D. Caplinger, WV8KDC Section Youth Coordinator William W. Stewart Sr, W2BSA Technical Specialist (TS) Randy Crowe, N8OZY Rich Clemens, KB8AOB You can contact any of the cabinet members by email to <callsign>@arrl.net. ** WV SECTION STM REPORT WV Section NTS Traffic Reports – December 2022 Submitted by Kenneth Caplinger, WV8KDC WV STM HF Nets Reporting Stations Traffic Time Minutes Sessions Net Manager WV Fone Net 797 33 496 31 WV8KDC WV CW Net Early 157 13 234 31 KD8G WV CW Net Late 104 15 172 31 KD8G WV ARES/RACES No Report TOTAL 1058 61 902 93 ARES/RACES/2 Meter Nets Stations Traffic Time Min. Sessions District 6 ARES/RACES 72 3 101 4 KARC 86 0 160 4 Pendleton Co. ARES 15 0 20 2 BDARC 38 0 89 4 Pocahontas Co. Coffee Net 274 0 1016 13 Easteren Panhandle Traf Net 349 1 352 31 PHARC 26 0 99 3 WV Multi County ARES No Report PCARC No Report District 4 ARES No Report CWVWA (Analog) No Report CWVWA (C4FM) No Report WV WL2K Net 124 0 7200 5 District 2 ARES No Report MCARC 45 0 172 4 Mon Co. 70cm FM Net 32 0 69 5 Mon Co. 70cm 4CFM Net 22 0 45 5 W8CUL Traffic & Inform Net 23 0 45 3 Mon Co. ARES 29 0 64 4 Total 1135 3 9432 87 6 Meter Net Stations Traffic Time Min. Sessions Pocahontas 6 meter net 76 0 284 5 DIGITAL Stations Traffic Time Min. Sessions DAREN Station Activity Report (SAR) – December 2022 Station Orig Rec Sent Del Total Total Public Service Honor Roll (PSHR) – December 2022 Station 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total TOTAL -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL West Virginia Section Section Manager: Dan Ringer, K8WV k8wv@arrl.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from messages, go to: http://p1k.arrl.org/oo/28e18f1f762744638c8298f1839e3984
West Virginia Officials
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Section Manager,
Dan Ringer K8WV
Assistant Section Manager -
State Government Liaison
Nathaniel A. Burdette WV8NAB -
Assistant Section Manager
Michael E. Maxson W8SI -
Section Emergency Coordinator
Edward J. Messenger N8OYY -
Section Youth Coordinator
William W. Howard WV8WH -
Affiliated Club Coordinator
Spencer W. Graham WT8WV -
Assistant Section Manager
Michael L. DeHaan KD8ZMV -
Section Traffic Manager
Kenneth D. Caplinger WV8KDC -
Assistant Section Manager
Charles Mark Kraham W8CMK